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In the wake of nationwide protests, Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook have publicly stated their "support of the Black community." On the next Techtonic, Chris Gilliard discusses his recent Fast Company piece that explains how Big Tech companies profit from exploiting and harming the very communities they claim to support.

David Dayen had an interview with Google's chief economist, saying big tech isn't dominant, search is a tough business, data doesn't get more valuable with accumulation. David then asked if said the same thing to investors.

6:07pm
Sam:

I can’t believe anybody actually thinks the earth is round. It’s 2019 and we’re still having this conversation. Take a bowling ball, people. Put a LEGO guy on top. Then move him to different parts of the ball. What happens? Oops he falls off. These round earth conspiracists must have never played with toys as kids.

Back in High school, we spent a week in introduction to physics working out the physics or earth, water, fire, and air (and occasionally aether, the quintessence). It works up to a point. You reach that point pretty fast, but you can do something with that theory!

And Patricia (from my earlier post), a flat earther herself who has cast all manner of entirely uncooked aspersions on others, having been so accused has a moment of near self-awareness in which entertains and rejects the idea that she has done the same thing to others.

answering a question in that way shows how low on the totem pole one is. proper preparation for that appearance, by anyone in authority, would have an immediate answer to that question (albeit, it would be a bs answer anyway).

john from fp - alan weiner, owner of wbcq used to be a man of science and logic but has gone total religious zealot in the last few years. he gives brother stair and his overcomer ministry tons of free air time.

In short, the processes that order search results and friends' or sponsored content not only are interested in floating content that causes engagement, but they actually do choose among instances of that engaging content and can certainly suppress or promote posts and results based on content as well as the reaction to it.

No wish to offend anyone but the ghost of Ayn Rand haunts Silicon Valley Industry. Greed is good, regulations are an infringement on the freedom of billionaires to exploit without responsibility for disastrous consequences.

I think the internet and most recently social media has made it easy for the really stupid people to find one another.

6:31pm
Sam:

How do they account for the fact that you can easily fly around the world and end up where you started? You don’t even have to be a scientist. Are all the airlines in on the coverup? And the travelers who have done it?

pres* trump: "some really good people have told me about the earth being flat...", as many in his staff nod.

6:35pm
Sam:

The only thing scarier than flat-earthers is YouTube deciding which ideas are unacceptable.

6:36pm
Amanda:

@dale, I totally agree. the curvature or non-curvature of the earth doesn't really affect my day to day life. so why is there a big coverup then? where is the profit there? at least reptilians and "new world order" seems to have some personal stakes.

Mark... I hate to be negative, but I sure wish you hadn't kept saying "round" (implying something two-dimensional but with a circular border, indeed just like the model held in your playlist picture) instead of "spherical".